Here is the situation. I' am trying to implement in a new company
PDMWorks Enterprise and SolidWorks 2008 premium Office. That's the
easiest part. Now its seams that there is no recommendation about
how configure all together.

Let Me explain.

1)
ToolBox IN or OUT the vault ?
2)
ToolBox Create parts and save as where or Config?
3) What is the Config when sharing Toolbox ( Part number added)
4)
Design Library IN or OUT the vault ?
5) What is the Config when sharing
Design Library
6)
Routing Keep library local or in Vault (For For multi-config
part)
7)How do we configure External References
in Option
8)How do we configure Routing
in Option
9)How do we configure Toolbox
in Option

Hopefully I wont have to test all config one by one, of course we
have info on every point I mentioned in help, but nothing to mate
all this information together.

1) In the vault. PDMWE's interface with Toolbox is pretty good,
wish it was better, but it beats having multiple sites with
multiple toolboxes
2) I think you have to create configurations for PDMWE
compatibility
3)
4) I like the library in the vault. Thus it is searchble and
everyone has access to the same library. Though I think there used
to be some problems browsing the vault through the "Design Library"
pane, don't know if they have been fixed yet.

Regarding Toolbox, I have spoken with folks who use different
methods:
1) Use the Create parts option and set the path to a folder in the
vault
2) Use the Config option and set the project path (as an Admin
user) in the SolidWorks option
3) Don't check in - leave outside in a shared location

The downside to each is:
1) you have a unique part file for each size
2) harder for end users to understand
3) folks who have access to the vault but don't have access to the
share will not be able to get hardware.

When I speak with VARs who have done implementations, they seem to
prefer option 1....

We have Workgroup and not Enterprise (so it may be different)
and we use ToolBox "Create Part" to create all our fasteners and
check them into the vault as individual parts with our part number
and description on them.
This seemed like a sound idea as we were concerned about Toolbox
stability since it is one big spreadsheet driven part (basically).
However, correct me if I'm wrong Joy, but we've now taken away our
ability to use Smart Fasteners that autosize to a hole expecially
in Smart Components. Something, I'm now wishing we didn't do.
I believe that with some work you can set up toolbox with all your
company part numbers and descriptions and then share the toolbox
with everyone. The share part is what may be difficult with
PDMWE.

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